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>>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th, THANK FOR JOINING US, I AM I A TRABULSI.

TONIGHT, STUDENTS OF TWO NORTH COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD OVER A RECENT ATTACK AND BULLYING ALLEGATIONS.

WE BEGIN AT VISTA HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE A PROTEST IS JUST GETTING UNDERWAY.

KPBS NORTHCUTT A REPORTER, TANIA THORNE IS THERE LIFE.

TANIA?

>>> THAT IS RIGHT, MAYA.

WE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE VISTA HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, WHERE PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE GATHERED TO PROTEST OVER AN ATTACK THAT ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED VISTA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS.

THE SCHOOL HEAD FOOTBALL COACH IS ON ADMINISTERED OF LEAVE, AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING.

THE VISTA SHERIFF'S STATION RECEIVED REPORTS OF A POSSIBLE SEXUAL ASSAULT AT VISTA HIGH SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER 2nd.

DETECTIVE RECEIVED A VIDEO OF A STUDENT TO STUDENT ATTACK.

IT SHOWS A TEENAGE BOY BEING FORCEFULLY PUSHED TO THE GROUND.

THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AND THE VISTA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOTH RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT, UPON INVESTIGATING, THE ATTACK DID NOT INVOLVE SEXUAL ASSAULT.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING ANOTHER INCIDENT AFTER THE ATTACK, BUT THEY DO NOT SAY WHAT KIND OF INCIDENT.

-- HERNANDEZ IS A MOM IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HER SON DOES NOT GO TO VISTA HIGH SCHOOL, BUT SHE HEARD OF THE INCIDENT.

SHE SAYS THAT ALTHOUGH SHE DOES NOT KNOW THE FAMILY INVOLVED, AS A MOM, SHE IS SUFFERING WITH THEM.

SHE SAYS THE VIDEO MADE HER SAD, AND SHE HOPES AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS ONE DOES NOT REPEAT.

FRANCISCO HOPES ALL SCHOOLS, AND FROM THE CENTER FOR SECURITY MEASURES, BECAUSE, SHE SAYS, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY SCHOOL WITH THESE TYPE OF PROBLEMS.

THE VISTA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM IS STILL PLAYING, AND HAVE HAD TWO GAMES SINCE THE INCIDENT.

VISTA, TANIA THORNE, KB PS NEWS.

SO MAC IN THE -- HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS OF ONLINE BULLYING AGAINST TRANSGENDER STUDENTS.

THE BULLYING ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED ON A SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE STARTED BY ONE OF THE DISTRICT'S OWN BOARD MEMBERS.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER , MG PEREZ JOINT IS NOW FROM -- ACADEMY, WHERE THE SCHOOL BOARD IS SCHEDULED TO MEET THIS EVENING.

>> Reporter: MAYA, STUDENTS, A GROUP OF STUDENTS IS INSISTING THAT ACTION BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT THE LGBT COMMUNITY.

THEY ARE ACCUSING -- SCHOOL BOARD VICE PRESIDENT, MICHAEL ALLMAN, OF ALLOWING AND AGREEING WITH DEROGATORY COMMENTS MADE ON A PRIVATE FACEBOOK PAGE THAT HE CREATED AND STARTED.

WE SHOULD MENTION THAT FACEBOOK PAGE IS NOT SANCTIONED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

RECENTLY, IT HAD A STRING OF COMMENTS FROM ALLMAN TO SUPPORTERS MAKING FUN OF TRANSGENDER STUDENTS, WHO INSIST ON USING PRONOUNS OF THEIR CHOICE.

>> PRONOUNS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY HELP PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BORN NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE PRONOUNS THEY ARE ASSIGNED.

BECAUSE OF THAT, I THINK IT IS OUR DUTY AS PEOPLE TO RESPECT THAT, TO RESPECT EVERYONE.

>> I THINK OUR BOARD HAS SHOWN THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY NOT CARE ABOUT STUDENT OPINIONS, AS THEY HAVE BLATANTLY SAID, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN BEHAVIOR THAT HARMS OUR LGBTQ I A PLUS COMMUNITY.

THAT IS NOT SUPPORT.

YOU CAN SAY YOU SUPPORT STUDENTS AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE, BUT ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS, AND THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ACTIONS SHOWING THEY SUPPORT US.

>> Reporter: THESE STUDENTS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA, BECAUSE THE BOARD DID NOT ALLOW THAT.

SO, INSTEAD, THEY SHOWED UP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, IN ORDER TO BE FIRST IN LINE, SO THEY COULD MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THEY PLAN TO DO THAT TONIGHT, AS THEY ALSO ARE SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THEIR TRANSGENDER CLASSMATES.

-- ALSO MENTIONED A RESOLUTION THAT THEY, THE STUDENTS, HAVE CREATED IN ORDER TO ADD PROTECTION TO THE LGBT COMMUNITY.

WE SHOULD SAY THAT WE DID GET A PUBLIC POST COMMENT FROM MICHAEL ALLMAN, WHO IS THE BOARD MEMBER IN QUESTION.

HE SAID EVERYONE SHOULD BE CALLED BY THE PROTON OF THEIR CHOICE, WITHOUT QUESTION, RIDICULE, OR JUDGMENT.

THIS IS UNEQUIVOCALLY WHAT I BELIEVE, AND NO ONE SHOULD SAY OTHERWISE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO FEEL I DO NOT BELIEVE THOSE THINGS, BUT THEY ARE WRONG.

AGAIN, THAT WAS A PUBLIC POST THAT MICHAEL ALLMAN MADE IN RESPONSE TO ALL THIS.

MAYA?

>> MG, YOU MENTIONED THE STUDENTS WERE NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING TONIGHT.

WILL THE SCHOOL BOARD RECONSIDER?

>> LATE THIS AFTERNOON, A COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER WITH THE DISTRICT SAID THAT THEY ARE INVITING THE STUDENTS TO SUBMIT THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION SO THAT THEY CAN APPEAR AT THE OCTOBER BOARD MEETING.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MG PEREZ.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED A 16th PERSON HAS DIED WHILE IN CUSTODY THIS YEAR.

A 56-YEAR-OLD INMATE AT THE GEORGE BAILEY DETENTION FACILITY IN NO TIME ASA WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN HIS CELL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL.

THE MAN'S NAME WAS NOT RELEASED, AND BECAUSE OF DEATH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

>>> SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA WAS THERE TODAY AS GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SIGNED LEGISLATION AIMED AT GETTING TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

IT ESTABLISHES A SO-CALLED CARE COURSE, ALLOWING FAMILY MEMBERS AND OTHERS TO PETITION A JUDGE TO DRAW UP A YEAR-LONG TREATMENT PLAN.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS INCLUDED IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE LAWS IMPLANTATION, STARTING OCTOBER 2023.

CRITICS ARGUE IT WILL FORCE SOME PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS INTO TAKING MEDICATION AND THERAPY.

>>> IT HAS BEEN ALMOST THREE YEARS, BUT TODAY, THE DIRECTOR OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAID THE END OF THE PANDEMIC IS IN SIGHT.

COVID CASES CONTINUE TO DROP IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, NOW IN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE TEAR.

BUT, AS TRENTON REPORTER KATIE ALVARADO EXPLAINED, NOT ALL EXPERTS AT ARE AS OPTIMISTIC.

>> STILL NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LIVE OUR LIVES, AND MOVE ON.

>> I FEEL THAT WE SHOULD STILL PROTECT EACH OTHER, AND SOMETIMES WE GET A LITTLE TOO LAX, AND IT COMES BACK.

>> I AM ENJOYING NOT NEEDING TO WEAR A MASK, IT HAS BEEN NICE, SEEING EVERYBODY'S FACES AND NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT HAVING A MASK AT ALL TIMES.

I AM FULLY VACCINATED, SO -- >> Reporter: AFTER TWO YEARS OF COVID RESTRICTIONS, CONFUSION OVER COLOR-CODED TEARS, INS AND OUTS OF QUARANTINES, MOST PEOPLE WE SPOKE WITH ARE PRETTY OVER THE MANDATES AND READY TO BE LIKE SDSU STUDENT, BRIAN HAMMER.

>> I AM JUST A LOT LESS, TRYING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL.

>> Reporter: THAT MAY BE A LITTLE CLOSER, BUT WITH BEST PRACTICES.

BECAUSE, DURING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING ON MONDAY, DR. WILMA WOOTEN, THE COUNTY'S PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER, SAID THE COVID RATES DROPPED 29% IN TWO WEEKS, CHANGING THE COUNTY CDC STATUS.

>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS AGAIN AT LOW, OR GREEN CASE LEVEL, BASED ON METRICS FROM CASE RATES.

>> Reporter: WOOTEN CREDITS VACCINES FOR THE LOWER RATES.

ALSO, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION NOTES DEATH RATES ARE AT THEIR LOWEST SINCE MARCH OF 2020, BUT CAUTIONS THAT WHILE THE END IS IN SIGHT, WE ARE NOT THERE YET.

>> THIS IS NOT LIKE FLU.

THIS IS NOT REALLY BEHAVING IN PREDICTABLE SEASONS WHERE IT WILL RELIABLY STRIKE.

WE MAY SEE NEW VARIANTS AHEAD, STILL.

>> Reporter: DR. ERIC TOPOL, DIRECTOR OF THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH TRANSLATIONAL INSTITUTE, SAYS HE HOPES THE NUMBERS KEEP DROPPING AND PEOPLE CONTINUE TO FEEL CONFIDENT, BUT HE THINKS THE W.H.O.

ANNOUNCEMENT IS PREMATURE.

>> IF YOU GO WITH THE DATA, THE DEATHS AROUND THE WORLD ARE STILL 35% HIGHER THAN THEIR LOWEST POINT IN THE PANDEMIC.

WE HAVE 1/5 OF THE WORLD'S DEBTS.

WHILE WE ARE ONLY 4% OF THE WORLD POPULATION.

SO, WE ARE NOT, AS A COUNTRY, AS A REGION, IN SUCH A GREAT STATE RIGHT NOW.

I HOPE WE WILL GET THERE.

>> Reporter: TOPOL ADVISES PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN BOOSTED WITHIN 4 TO 6 MONTHS, IT IS TIME.

KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNCIL HAS SELECTED A TEAM TO REDEVELOP THE SPORTS ARENA PROPERTY.

RISING PROPOSES 450 APARTMENTS ON THE 40 ACRES OF CITY-OWNED LAND IN THE MIDWAY DISTRICT, PLUS A NEW ARENA, HOTEL, AND PARK SPACE.

2000 OF THE APARTMENTS WILL BE AFFORDABLE TO LOW INCOME RENTERS.

THAT IS MORE THAN THE OTHER TWO COMPETING PROPOSALS.

COUNCIL PRESIDENT SEAN ILA RIVERA SAYS IF THE DEVELOPERS LOWER THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THEIR FINAL PLAN, HE WILL NOT STAND FOR IT.

>> EVERY LITTLE BIT THAT GOALPOST IS MOVED IS AN AFFORDABLE HOME THAT WILL NOT BE LIVED IN BY SOMEONE WHO NEEDS IT.

SO, THAT 2000 TO ME IS A FLOOR THAT I STRUGGLE TO SEE MYSELF BEING OKAY WITH BEING DIVERTED FROM.

>> TALKS BETWEEN THE CITY AND DEVELOPERS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST AT LEAST TWO YEARS, WITH THE PROJECT BUILT OUT OVER ABOUT A DECADE.

>>> JUST ONE DAY AFTER AUGUST'S DISAPPOINTING CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT RIDDLED A TRIGGERED A MELTDOWN ON MULTI, A SEPARATE INFLATION REPORT INDICATES THAT WHOLESALE PRICE INCREASES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT.

BUT NOW, A POTENTIAL NATIONWIDE RAIL STRIKE COULD CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS FOR THE ECONOMY.

CHRIS -- HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: A LOOMING RAIL STRIKE GETS CLOSER TO REALITY, AS NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE IN WASHINGTON.

-- INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE COUNTRY, THAT AFFECT EVERYONE.

PEOPLE TEND TO TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

>> Reporter: THE TWO RAIL UNIONS, RESENTING ABOUT 60,000 ENGINEERS AND CONDUCTORS WHO MAKE UP THE TWO PERSON CRUISE ON EACH TRAIN A SCHEDULING RULES THAT KEEP THEM ON CALL VIRTUALLY EVERY DAY THEY ARE NOT AT WORK, AS WELL AS A STAFFING SHORTAGE, ARE MAKING THEIR WORK LIVES IN TOLERABLE.

THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS TRADE GROUP SAYS THE UNION SCHEDULING DEMANDS SHOULD BE DEALT WITH LOCALLY, NOT THROUGH NATIONAL BARGAINING.

>> WE HAVE SUPPLY-CHAIN PROBLEMS ALREADY.

THE PORTS ARE CLOGGED.

YOU THROW IN A RAIL STRIKE, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CONTAINERS CANNOT GET THROUGH TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

THAT AFFECT STORES AND EVERYDAY LIVES.

>> Reporter: ABOUT 30% OF THE NATION'S FREIGHT MOVED BY RAIL, SO A STRIKE COULD BE A CRIPPLING BLOW TO THE U.S. ECONOMY.

WITHOUT RATE RAILROADS, OIL REFINERIES WOULD HAVE TROUBLE PRODUCING THE CURRENT VOLUME'S OF GASOLINE, WHICH COULD SEND PRICES HIGHER.

STRIKE COULD ALSO DISRUPT THE NATION'S FOOD SUPPLY, VENTING RECENTLY HARVESTED CROPS FROM MOVING TO FOOD PROCESSORS, AND DISRUPTING THE SUPPLY OF FERTILIZER NEEDED FOR UPCOMING PLANTINGS.

THERE COULD BE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE IMPORT OF GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS SHOPPING SEASON, CAUSING SHORTAGES AND HIGHER PRICES.

>> WE HAVE MADE CRYSTAL CLEAR TO THE INTERESTED PARTIES THE HARM THAT AMERICAN FAMILIES, BUSINESSES, AND FARMERS AND COMMUNITIES WOULD EXPERIENCE IF THEY WERE NOT TO REACH A RESOLUTION.

>> Reporter: A STRIKE COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS FRIDAY.

IN WASHINGTON, CHRIS W.I.T., KPBS NEWS.

>>> AFTER YEARS OF NEIGHBORS ASKING THE CITY FOR HELP, A CRUMBLING STREET IN CLAREMONT IS FINALLY BEING REPAVED.

KREUSER STARTED WORK AROUND 730 ON LIMERICK AVENUE, FIXING BUGS, CRACKS AND POTHOLES.

LOCAL LEADERS PICKS THE STREET TO KICK OFF THEIR ROAD REPAIR PROJECTS ACROSS SAN DIEGO.

THE GOAL IS TO TRANSFORM 54 MILES OF THE CITY'S WORST ROADS WHILE ADDING THINGS LIKE BIKE LANES, BETTER SIDEWALKS, AND ACCESSIBLE CURBS.

ONE NEIGHBOR WHO HAS LIVED ON LIMERICK AVENUE FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS SAYS HE STARTED REACHING OUT TO GET THE STREET FIXED BACK IN 2017.

>> IT IS DANGEROUS.

YOU HAVE TO DRIVE VERY CAREFULLY AROUND EVERYTHING.

IT IS TERRIBLE FOR KIDS, TERRIBLE FOR PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS.

I COULD NOT WAIT FOR THIS DAY.

THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE BUT IT IS HAPPENING NOW.

IT HAS BEEN A LONG, HARD ROAD.

WE ARE JUST VERY GRATEFUL IT IS FINALLY HAPPENING.

>> MAYOR TODD GLORIA SAYS HE HAS WORKED A FULL THREE BATTERY ASSESSMENTS PRIORITIZED REPAIRS, AND HE HOPES TO FIX 500 MILES OF ROADS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

>>> OCEAN BEACH PIER IS AN ICONIC PART OF SAN DIEGO'S COASTLINE, BUT IT MAY SOON BE TORN DOWN AND FULLY REBUILT.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB EYRE SAYS THE PROJECT WILL COST TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

>> Reporter: OB PEER FIRST OPENED IN JULY 1966, AND NOW OVER 50 YEARS LATER, IT MAY GET A FULL MAKEOVER.

THE OFFICIAL STEPS TO BE TO REBUILD OCEAN BEACH PIER BEGAN TODAY, WITH THE CITY!

COST TO FOR OPTIONS.

>> Reporter: SUMS STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THE PIER IS ESSENTIAL AT THE END OF ITS SERVICEABLE LIFE.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT OF THE OCEAN BEACH TOWN COUNCIL, COREY BREWER, SAYS THE PIER RECENTLY REOPENED AFTER REPAIRS FOLLOWING STORM DAMAGE.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT HAS HAPPENED.

>> OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, RECENTLY, KIND OF THE PAST FIVE, AS THE KING TIDE COME IN SEASONALLY, IT IS REALLY BATTERING AWAY AT THE END OF THE PIER, SO THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF EMERGENCY REPAIRS FOR A WHILE.

>> Reporter: LINDSAY -- COME TO THE PIER WITH HER FAMILY ALMOST EVERY DAY.

SHE TOLD KPBS SHE WOULD NOT MIND A FULL REBUILD TO ENSURE EVERYONE'S SAFETY.

>> IT WOULD JUST CHANGE OUR WALK A LITTLE, EVERY MORNING.

JUST CHANGE OUR ROUTINE A LITTLE BIT.

WE WOULD BE SAD TO SEE IT GO, BUT YEAH, WE WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK.

THAT IS FOR SURE POINT >> Reporter: THE ORIGINAL PIER WAS BUILT FOR FISHING, BUT THE NEW DESIGN WILL INCLUDE MORE USES.

OVER $8 MILLION IN STATE GRANTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SET ASIDE FOR THE REBUILD.

BRUINS TOLD K BPS THE TOTAL COST WILL BE MUCH HIGHER.

>> ON THE VERY LOW END, 60 TO 80 MILLION, COULD BE UPWARDS OF 100 MILLION COULD ALSO, CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE IN FLUX AND WRITING ALL THE TIME.

I IMAGINE BY THE TIME THEY BREAK GROUND ON A NEW PIER, IT WILL BE A COUPLE YEARS, AT LEAST.

>> Reporter: BRUINS SAYS THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR THE COMMUNITIES TO PUT UP THE PROJECT THROUGH A PIER TASK FORCE FOR THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE APPROVED THE AGENDA ITEM TODAY , AND IT WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL TO BE HEARD SOMETIME IN THE COMING MONTHS.

JACOB EYRE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> PEOPLE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ARE ON A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY, FLASH FLOODING SENT WAVE AFTER WAVE OF MUD INTO THEIR HOMES, DESTROYING STRUCTURES AND EVEN BUSINESSES.

REPORTER TINA PATEL SPOKE TO HOMEOWNERS AND HAS A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE.

>> Reporter: YOU COULD HEAR ALL OF RICHIE'S FAMILY START TO PANIC AS THE MUD FLOWING OUTSIDE THEIR HOME MONDAY AFTERNOON STARTS TO GET HIGHER AND FASTER.

>> WAS PROBABLY THE MOST TERRIFYING THING THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH, HERE, ON THE MOUNTAIN.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE ON THIS MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY KNEW THE HILLSIDES WERE STILL VULNERABLE AFTER THE EL DORADO FIRE AND THROUGH HERE TWO YEARS AGO, BUT THERE WAS ONLY SO MUCH THEY COULD DO TO PREPARE.

>> THERE IS ONLY ONE PLACE FOR LISA TO GO WHEN IT RAINS, AND MOTHER NATURE DOES NOT RESPECT HOUSES.

>> Reporter: TWO DAYS AFTER THE STORM, THE RICHES ARE STILL TRYING TO LOCATE ALL THEIR BELONGINGS THAT EITHER TUMBLED DOWN THE HILL OR WERE WASHED AWAY.

OTHERS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET BY UNTIL UTILITY CREWS CAN COME AND MAKE REPAIRS.

>> WE HAVE NO POWER.

SOME PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT WATER.

WE ARE BEING ASKED TO BOIL WATER.

>> Reporter: SEARCH AND RESCUE CREWS ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR ONE PERSON WHO IS STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR.

NEIGHBORS A JUST THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOMEONE IS STILL BURIED IN THE MUD PUTS THEIR LOSSES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE INTO PERSPECTIVE.

>> IT IS JUST STUFF.

YOU CAN NAIL BOARDS BACK TO THE WALLS.

IT IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN AS LUCKY AS US.

SO, WE ARE COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS.

>>> DRYER AIR IS FINALLY RETURNING TO THE AREA.

-- POOLSIDE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK, AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

SO, TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER HEADLINES, VERY DRY, THROUGH THE WEEKEND, THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF NIGHTTIME AND MORNING CLOUDS, AND SOME AREAS OF FOG.

AS WE LOOK AT OUR TEMPERATURES, THEY WILL RUN 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE.

THEY COME UP JUST A SMIDGEN OVER THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE NEXT CROP COMES IN TO COOL US OFF.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, CLOUDS THINNING, OUR LOW IS RIGHT AROUND 67 DEGREES.

AS WE LOOK AT TEMPERATURES AROUND THE AREA, LOWER 60s OCEANSIDE -- IN THE MID 60, BORREGO SPRINGS, 68 -- ABOUT 54.

HERE IS OUR FUTURE CAST, PRETTY MUCH JUST A CLOUD FORECAST DURING THE DAY TOMORROW.

MORNING CLOUDS, THEN THEY MELT AWAY.

SOME SUNSHINE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN TOWARD EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS, THEY ARE BACK.

LOW CLOUDS AND AREAS OF FOG.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER PATTERN.

A COOL FLOW, TEMPERATURES 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE.

AS MOISTURE CLEARS OUT OF THE AREA.

HERE IS OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

CLOUDS IN THE MORNING HOURS, GIVING WAY TO SON IN THE AFTERNOON, OCEANSIDE TO SAN DIEGO.

SOME COMFORTABLE READINGS FOR YOU, AROUND ESCONDIDO, 94, CAMPO AROUND 76.

HERE IS THE EXTENDED FORECAST, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE PLENTY OF CLOUDS AND FOG IN THE MORNING HOURS, SUNSHINE IN THE AFTERNOON, TEMPERATURES STAYING MOSTLY IN THE MID-70s, INLAND AREAS WARMING UP TO THE LOW 80s, WITH CLOUDS GIVING WAY TO SON, A COOLER WEEKEND -- COOL HERE, AS WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES STAYING IN THE 60s , WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, AND IN THE DESERT, THE TEMPERATURES HERE RUNNING BELOW AVERAGE, IN THE LOW 90s, BUT THE SUNSHINE LOOKS PRETTY NICE.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST MARK MANCUSO.

>>> IT IS A PART OF THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE THAT OFTEN DOES NOT MAKE THE NEWS, RAIN FORESTS, SOMETIMES CALLED THE LUNGS OF THE PLANET, CONTINUE DISAPPEARING AT ALARMING RATES.

NOW, A GIFT FROM A SAN DIEGO VENTURE CAPITALIST IS HELPING TO TURN THE SITUATION AROUND.

BUT AS KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL TELLS US, THIS GIFT IS ABOUT MORE THAN SAVING RAIN FORESTS.

>> Reporter: WATCHING THIS VIDEO SHOT IN THE RAIN FORESTS OF ECUADOR, WORDS LIKE OTHERWORLDLY COME TO MIND.

BUT THE WORLD CANNOT SURVIVE WITHOUT THESE NEAT PLACES.

>> THERE IS NO WAY FOR US TO MEET, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE WORLD REQUIRES, WITHOUT US KEEPING THE STANDING FOREST STANDING.

LISTEN.

ISN'T THAT AMAZING?

>> Reporter: LIOTTA SPELLMAN FOUNDED THE NONPROFIT RAIN FOREST PARTNERSHIP 15 YEARS AGO.

ITS MISSION IS TO PROTECT, CONSERVE, STABILIZE, AND REGENERATE TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS.

HOW THEY DO THAT IS WHAT SETS THEM APART.

>> WE HAVE COMMUNITIES, LOCAL AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AS GUARDIANS AND ECONOMIC PARTICIPANTS, WHILE WE ALSO FOSTER CONNECTION BETWEEN PEOPLE AND NATURE, ENSURING THERE IS HOPE.

>> Reporter: LIOTTA SPELLMAN NOW HAS THE RESOURCES TO DO MUCH MORE, THANKS TO A ONE MILLION-DOLLAR GIFT FROM A SAN DIEGO VENTURE CAPITALIST.

ROSE THE TALLY CERTAINLY SUPPORTS PRESERVING THE RAIN FOREST, BUT HER GIFT HAS AS MUCH TO DO WITH THAT AS THE FACT THAT LIOTTA SPELLMAN IS A WOMAN.

>> IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT, HOW DO WE SUPPORT WOMEN?

IS NOT JUST BECAUSE WE ARE WOMEN, YOU KNOW.

I THINK -- I HAVE COINED THE PHRASE, WOMEN ARE THE NEW ASSET CLASS.

THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE JUST HAD TO DEFINE WHAT THOSE ASSETS ARE ALL ABOUT.

>> Reporter: VITALE LIKED WHAT SHE SAW IN LIOTTA SPELLMAN AND THE RAIN FOREST PARTNERSHIP, A NONPROFIT TEACHING PEOPLE THAT CARE MOST ABOUT THE RAIN FOREST HOW TO LAUNCH THEIR OWN FOR- PROFIT VENTURES.

>> WE CAN CREATE THESE FOR- PROFIT MARKETS IN THE RAIN FOREST, THEN, OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN HELP THEM BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE, IN TERMS OF FURTHERING THEIR MISSION AND GROWTH.

>> Reporter: THE UPSHOT?

PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE RAIN FOREST GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY HAVE SUSTAINABLE WAYS OF SUPPORTING THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES, WITHOUT FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO BURN THE RAIN FOREST FOR FARMING.

THAT CHOICE, IN THE BIGGEST OF PICTURES, WILL HELP TO STOP RAIN FOREST DEFORESTATION, THAT WILL HELP TO SAVE THE LUNGS OF THIS PLANET.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> 3-D PRINTING HAS BROUGHT INNOVATION AND FLEXIBILITY TO THE CREATION OF GOODS THAT WAS NEVER AVAILABLE IN TRADITIONAL FACTORIES.

KPBS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE SHOWS US HOW IT WORKS.

>> Reporter: ON THE FACTORY FLOOR OF INSET 3-D AND -- MESA, THERE ARE MORE THAN 100 3-D PRINTERS IN ACTION, MAKING EVERYTHING FROM REPLICAS OF HUMAN BONES TO TAP HANDLES FOR SAN DIEGO BREWERIES.

>> IT IS BASICALLY A VERY SOPHISTICATED HOT GLUE GUN.

>> Reporter: COMPANY FOUNDER AND CEO MICHAEL ARMBRUSTER EXPLAINS THE PROCESS.

>> YOU HAVE GOT FILAMENT THAT GOES UP THROUGH A TUBE, AND COMES OUT OF THIS VERY TINY NOZZLE.

THE 3-D PRINTER WILL THEN TRAVEL ALONG THE X AND Y PLANE, DEPOSITING THAT FILAMENT ONTO THE PARTS.

>> Reporter: SOME OBJECTS ARE MADE IN 24 HOURS.

SOME ARE MADE OVERNIGHT.

ARMBRUSTER SAYS HE GOT HOOKED ON 3-D PRINTERS 10 YEARS AGO, BECAUSE HE LOVED MAKING THINGS, AND IMMEDIATELY SAW THE POTENTIAL OF 3-D PRINTING.

>> I AM JUST BLOWN AWAY THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY COMPLETELY DISREGARDS COMPLEXITY AS A CHALLENGE.

A PART CAN BE VERY SIMPLE OR VERY COMPLEX, AND THE MACHINES SIMPLY DO NOT CARE.

YOU CAN BUILD ANY SHAPE WHICH WOULD THEN, OF COURSE, APPLY TO ANY INDUSTRY THAT NEEDS TO MAKE THINGS.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS 3-D PRINTING IS GREAT, AS LONG AS YOU ARE MAKING A DIVERSITY OF PRODUCTS, OR SMALL VOLUMES OF THE SAME THING.

IT CANNOT COMPETE WITH CONVENTIONAL MANUFACTURING IF YOU WANT TO MAKE 10,000 IDENTICAL ITEMS.

FACTORIES USING PREDETERMINED MOLDS CAN PUNCH OUT PRODUCT A LOT FASTER.

CAROLYN FREUND IS AN ECONOMIST AT UC SAN DIEGO AND DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF GLOBAL POLICY AND STRATEGY.

SHE HAS STUDIED HOW 3-D PRINTING HAS AFFECTED TRADE, AND SAYS IT HAS INCREASED INTERNATIONAL TRADE AMONG THOSE PRODUCTS THAT ARE COMMONLY PRINTED.

SHE SAYS 3-D PRINTING EXCELS AT THE INNOVATION END OF PRODUCT CREATION.

>> SAY I AM LOOKING AT A PART AND THINKING, ACTUALLY, THIS PART WOULD WORK MUCH BETTER IF IT WERE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY SHAPED.

NOW, IF I WANTED TO USE A MOLD, I WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A NEW MOLD, DO ALL THIS WORK THROUGHOUT THE MOLD.

WITH 3-D PRINTING, I CAN TRY THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF ADJUSTING THE SHAPE OF THAT PART, SEE WHICH ONE WORKS BEST, AND THEN MAKE A MOLD FOR THAT BETTER PART.

>> Reporter: THEN, THERE ARE PRODUCTS WHERE EACH ONE OF THEM NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

>> ONE PLACE WE ARE SEEING IT A LOT IS IN ARTIFICIAL LIMBS.

SO, THE SIZE OF ARTIFICIAL LIMB, ANYBODY NEEDS, ANY SHAPE IS GOING TO BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

AND THE CLOSER IT CAN MATCH THEIR OTHER LIMB, THE BETTER.

>> Reporter: MAKING ARTIFICIAL LIMBS WITH 3-D PRINTERS IS EXACTLY WHAT SAN DIEGO-BASED LIVER PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS DOES.

UCSD ENGINEERING DOCTORAL STUDENT JOSHUA PELZ IS THE CEO OF LIMBER P AND OH.

HE HOLDS UP ONE OF THEIR ARTIFICIAL LOWER LEGS.

>> THIS IS THE LIMBER YOU KNOW LEG, A SINGLE PIECE PROSTHESIS THAT IS 3-D PRINTED IN JUST HALF A DAY.

SO YOU PRESS START AT NIGHT, AND YOU PUT OFF LOOKING JUST LIKE THIS IN THE MORNING, READY TO GO ONTO AN AMPUTEE, ALLOWING THEM TO GET BACK INTO THE WORLD.

>> Reporter: BACK AT INSET 3-D, MICHAEL R MR. SHOWS ME THE PRINTED SPINE OF A YOUNG CHILD, BASED ON CT SCANS FROM A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

THEY ARE PREPARING FOR A SURGERY ON THE CHILD.

ARMBRUSTER SAYS WHILE 3-D PRINTING SEEMS VERY INNOVATIVE, IT IS NOT NEW TECHNOLOGY.

SO, WHY THE RECENT EXPLOSION IN ITS USE?

EXPIRING PATENTS TOTALLY CHANGE THE INDUSTRY.

>> IT WAS THERE IN THE 80s AND 90s, AND IT WAS ALMOST AS GOOD AS IT IS TODAY, BUT IT WAS THIS TINY MARKET THAT ONLY THE MOST HIGH-END PEOPLE COULD USE.

IT WAS A SECRET, FOR DECADES.

THEY CALLED IT RAPID PROTOTYPING, THEY DID NOT EVEN CALL IT 3-D PRINTING.

THEN, SOME PATENT EXPIRED, SOME BIG ONES THAT ALLOWED FOR ALL THIS.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE NEW USES FOR 3-D PRINTING IN MEDICINE, ORGANIC PRINTING OF SOME BODY PARTS LIKE HEART VALVES IS IN DEVELOPMENT.

SOME CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES ARE BEGINNING TO MAKE 3-D PRINTED HOUSES.

IT WORKS OFF A COMPUTER PROGRAM, OF COURSE, BUT THEIR PRINTER POURS CEMENT.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

SO BACK I AM -- TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, WE CATCH UP WITH UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT AFTER HIS FORCES RECAPTURE TERRITORY AND TAKE STOCK OF THE DAMAGE WROUGHT BY THE RUSSIANS.

COMING IN AT 7:00, RIGHT AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THIS NEWSROOM.

THE TREND OF QUIET QUITTING, NPR'S MORNING EDITION TAKE A LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE ARE TAKING A MORE DETACHED ATTITUDE TOWARD THEIR JOBS.

THEN, ON KPBS MIDDAY EDITION TAKES PART IN THE DEMOCRACY DAY SPECIAL, TAKING A LOOK AT THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE POLITICAL PROCESS, LOCALLY WITH ANOTHER ELECTION ON THE WAY.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.